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hi everybody welcome back to know your
verbs my name is alicia and in this
lesson we’re going to talk about the
verb
match let’s get started
the basic definition of the verb match
is to combine
well with something else examples
the new product lineup matches our
customers needs
his shirt matched his pants nicely
now let’s look at the conjugations for
this verb present
match matches past
matched past participle matched
progressive matching
now let’s talk about some additional
meanings for this verb first one
to be equal to another thing or person
some examples our products match our
competitors quality
at a lower price she matched her boss
drink for drink
so in the first example sentence the
speaker’s product and the competitors
product have the same level of quality
they
match in terms of quality however the
price
of the speaker’s product is cheaper it’s
at a lower price
so that’s the point of the speaker
statement same quality but our product
is
cheaper maybe a common sales tactic in
the second example sentence
we see she matched her boss drink for
drink it means
for each drink her boss took she also
had a drink so matching drinks is like
doing the same thing as someone else
drinking the same amount as someone else
so she matched her boss
she matched her boss so she was
equal she was at an equal level to her
boss
in this respect okay let’s go on to the
second
additional meaning the second additional
meaning is to give the same amount of
money that has been collected
or offered examples we’ll match
donations
one dollar for one dollar the store
offered to match competitor prices
so this is a specific use of the word
match that’s related to
money so if like a charity organization
is trying to raise money for something
oftentimes
other organizations or individuals will
agree to
match certain amounts or match the
amount of money raised
we see that in the first example
sentence so we’ll match one dollar for
one dollar
means for each dollar that is donated
this
whoever speaking this organization or
this person will donate one dollar
also so if 100 um
is like the total amount that’s raised
then the speakers organization or the
speaker
themselves will also give 100 so this
amount and this amount will be the same
that’s called
matching donations in the second example
sentence then
about matching competitor prices this
means
that if a competitor has a lower price
for a product
this shop will offer the same price
so that means that the shop is changing
its price to
match the competitors price so they’re
trying to match the amount
offered by the competitor there so
matching prices in this way means that
they will change
prices to offer the best price possible
for the customer
so the next additional meaning is to be
the same as something else to be the
same as something else examples
her outfit matched one worn by a model
in a magazine
your hairstyle matches my dogs so this
means
not to be similar or not to combine well
but to be the
same as something else exactly the same
as something else
so in the first example sentence her
outfit
matched one worn by a model in the
magazine it means her outfit
is the same as the one that’s in this
magazine so maybe she was inspired by
this outfit in the magazine
so she matches they are wearing the same
thing
the second one is kind of a joke
sentence your hairstyle matches my dog’s
hairstyle so i’ve dropped hairstyle from
that sentence
your hairstyle matches my dogs it means
your hairstyle
and my dog’s hairstyle are the same so
it’s probably a joke i can’t think of
many situations where
this would be a compliment
just an example sentence so this means
that these two things are the same they
are the same you match
you match so this is common if you
happen to wear like the same clothes as
someone else if
just accidentally though like you didn’t
plan it you arrived to something and
you’re wearing the same thing as someone
else
we can say oh my gosh you match you guys
match you’re wearing the same thing
okay let’s move on to some variations
for this verb
the first variation i have two included
for this is to match up or to match
somebody up this means to introduce
somebody for dating to introduce two
people for dating
examples my friend tried to match me up
with someone
a co-worker matched up two acquaintances
quite successfully
so this match up refers to combining
two people so we talked about the basic
definition of this verb like
two things that combine together well in
this case when we say to match up or to
match somebody
up it refers to finding two people who
are a nice
fit they combine together well so you
might hear this like to match you
up with somebody i want to match you up
with somebody
so this means dating trying to set up a
date
the next variation is to match somebody
against
somebody else this means to put two
people of equal ability levels in
competition
against one another so that means these
two people have about the same level of
ability
it shouldn’t be out of balance ideally
it should be about the same
level examples serena williams
was matched against anna kournikova
let’s match the top japanese chef
against the top french chef for the
competition
so these example sentences are intended
to show
situations where there’s a pair of
people that are evenly matched
but maybe they have different abilities
like different specialties
so their abilities themselves are maybe
at the same level
but maybe they have some kind of
different details in there somewhere
so to match in this way to match one
person against another person is for
like competitive reasons for some
contest or sport or something like that
okay so those are a few new ways i hope
that you can use the word
match if you have questions comments or
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